Homeschooling......ahhhh, where to start?

So since I've posted last, we finally decided it was time to actually homeschool our 13 year old. Our 10 old will likely follow next fall.

Today I am working on lesson plans and getting everything organized and ready to go with the start of next week. I am a little nervous but very excited to do this for my daughter. I think she will thrive in this enviroment and do very well. I am a little overwhelmed but my mind is over-flowing with ideas and things to teach her. I will likely be back with tips and resources for home-schooling Moms.

Wish me luck!

Our newest addition!

We lost our beloved Peanut in February. She had been our dog for 12 years and she is sorely misssed. We didn't want to replace her but we have had a longing to give our love to another puppy. A few weeks ago I finally gave in and allowed the search to begin for a new pet. Here is the newest addition to our family. His name is Max. He's almost a year old and we think he's the cutest the thing you ever did see. What do you think?

Help Angel Win Studio Time

Friday, September 10, 2010


Info for the Bench Studios Contest

The videos are up and the contest has begun. There is some great talent represented there. Check it out.



Here's the link to the fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monroe-NC/the-Bench-Studios/102283916477977



Angel's video is on either page 4 or page 7 depending on the format style you are using to browse the videos. Here's the link directing to it: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monroe-NC/the-Bench-Studios/102283916477977#!/video/video.php?v=447310481848



Please vote for her and help her win studio time so she can record one of her original songs!



She posted a brand new video today talking about the contest and also sang a couple sneak peeks to some songs she working on including a brand new original she's working on. Make sure to check it out.

So sad

One of our good friends, Tom, lost his house in a house fire yesterday. Thankfully everyone is safe and no one was in the house at the time. We are sad for the loss of his home, security and of course belongings though. Here's some scary after pictures of the house.

 

Some great sites I found with sewing tutorials

I've been researching sewing sites for sewing tips and easy to follow tutorials for my sewing curriculum I am currently creating. I plan to start giving sewing lessons to local children in the near future.

Anyhow, along the way I am coming across some great sites. Even though they may not be what I am looking for I thought they might be interesting for some of you to check out.

http://sewing.about.com/od/adultclothingprojects/ss/jeanskirt.htm

http://www.allcrafts.net/f.asp?url=thimbleanna.com/tutorials/GoofyBagsHowTo.html

http://www.snazzorama.com/yetta/bag-tutorial.pdf

I'll post some more tomorrow as I am researching things.

Win a $10 iTunes giftccard

We just keep on trucking along and continue to promote Angel and get her name out there. The latest is a Facebook fan page. With over 500 subscribers on youtube and 106,000 total views it was time to branch out a bit.

Click here to check out her page: Facebook Fan Page for Angel

There are a few ways you can help us out with this.

1. You can like her Fan page
2. Share her facebook fan page
3. Suggest friends for her facebook fan page
4. You can put up a link to her blog.
5. Follow her blog (http://angelmariecur.blogspot.com/2010/07/win-10-itunes-gift-card.html)
6. You can embed one of her videos from youtube on your facebook page and encourage others to like it and subscribe to her AngelMarieCur's YouTube
7. And of course don't forget to subscribe to her videos on youtube yourself.

So I am going to do a contest to get this going. I want her facebook page to reach 100 fans and to increase her youtube subscribers to 1000 (Diane, thanks for the great idea).

Directions: Comment on this blog post, with a comment for each of the suggestions listed above. I will enter your name in a drawing one time for each comment that you post after I verify that you have completed the suggestion. Make sure to give me your youtube user name and links to your facebook page. You can email me privately as well if you don't feel comfortable posting that information publicly. Sewrtess@aol.com That is 7 possible entries into the contest. The prize will be a $10 itunes gift card.

**Note: your wall on facebook must be public for me to confirm that you shared and embedded the video.

Contest starts today on 7/15 and ends on midnight on July 30th

Check out Amada Photography

My best friend is a great photographer and she's been building her resume for some time. Recently she is working on starting a Bereavement Photograpy site. Check out her recent blog.

Amada Photography


You can also check out her fan page on Facebook. She's got some incredible pictures up. She specializes in candid pictures.

Amada Photography Facebook Fan Page


Well worth your time to check out both.

My Issabug is 13!

My lovely middle child just had her 13th birthday last week. We haven't celebrated just yet. We were taking her sister to camp on the day but we did take her out to dinner and then to a Ghost walk in Nashville. That was cool. She will have her big party this weekend.

To celebrate and show her off a bit I wanted to share some pictures that she has taken recently. I think there's a talent there. Enjoy!

Happy 4th of July

I hope everyone has a great day and takes the time to enjoy family and friends. Make sure to say a prayer of thanks for all of our freedoms and those that fought to give it to us.  We are off to church and to a family cookout.  Love these days we just hang out with family!!

Comment and tell me how you are spending your fourth.